Can cover remover



Feb H, 1941. v N. M. ZIMANI 2,231,736.

CAN COVER REMOVER Filed May 12, 1939 Patented Feb. 11, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to cans having frictionally retained covers and more particularly to a cover remover therefor.

The primary object of this invention resides in the provision of a cover remover for cans, having frictionally retained covers, adapted to be carried by the cover in inoperative position so it can be readily manipulated to dislodge the cover from the can to gain access tothe contents there- Another object of this invention resides in the provision of a cover remover for cans adapted to remain in inoperative position on the can cover when not in use and manipulated to operative position to dislodge the cover from the can.

A further object of this invention resides in the provision of a cover remover for cans adapted to be assembled on the cover thereof so as toengage a portion of the can when dislodging the cover therefrom.

With these and other objects in view this invention resides in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of elements to be hereinafter more particularly set forth in the specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claim and, while this disclosure depicts my present conception of the invention, the right is reserved to resort to such changes in construction and arrangement of elements as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this invention;

Figure 1 is a plan View of a can of the frictional cover type having the elements of this invention assembled thereon.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof showing the opener in inoperative position by full lines and in operative position by dotted lines.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view approximately on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of the lever, per se.

In the present illustration of this invention the letter A designates a can or other similar receptacle having a frictionally retained cover herein indicated by the letter C.

Pivotally secured to the cover C preferably adjacent its edge as by an apertured lug-formed or otherwise secured thereon is a lever 5 formed from a single piece of wire or other suitable material bent so as to provide a bill 6 extending from 5 one end of a journal portion 1 thereof and a handle 8 extending from the other end of the journal portion, said journal portion 1 is of greater length than the width of the lug to permit the lever to be disposed out of operative position on the can cover during shipment of the cans. It is to be observed that the arms 6 and 8 form, in side elevation, an obtuse angle. The purpose of this is so that when the parts are in the position shown in Figure 1 in dotted lines the ends of both arms 15 will frictionally engage on the top of the can and thus the opener will be held from actively moving to top lifting position.

With this invention fully set forth it is mamfest that means are provided whereby can covers 20 of the frictionally retained type can be readily and easily removed from cans without damaging the same and, through the simplicity of the assemblage involved, the cost of manufacture will be cheap. 25

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

The combination with a can body having an outwardly extending flange at its upper end, and a flat closure for said can body frictionally en- 30 gaged therewith, said closure being concentric to and of less diameter than the flange; of a bearing lug fixed to said closure in spaced relation to the edge thereof and radial therewith, a double armed lever having its arms connected by a jour- 35 nal portion rotatably mounted in the bearing lug and longer than said lug whereby in one position one arm may engage on the flange and in a second and inoperative position may lie on top of said closure,- said arms being in planes meeting 40 at an obtuse angle and being so disposed that both arms frictionally engage the closure when in inoperative position whereby movement to operative position is frictionally resisted.

45 NICHOLAS M. ZIMANI. 

